Adenoidectomy with or without grommets for children with otitis media: An individual patient data meta-analysis

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Boonacker, Chantal W B ^a   Rovers, Maroeska M ^b   Browning, George G ^c   Hoes, Arno W ^a   Schilder, Anne G M ^d   Burton, Martin J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DATA BASE; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; PREDICTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; INFANT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADENOIDECTOMY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84892905729     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: 20464924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta18050     Document Type: Article

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